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By Agnieszka Flak
MILAN, April 30 (Reuters) - Milan-listed shares in Fiat
Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) fell to a 10-week low on
Thursday, a day after its chief executive called for large-scale
industry consolidation.
Sergio Marchionne on Wednesday renewed his plea for
shrinking the number of players in the global auto sector to
sustain the heavy capital investments needed to meet demands for
cleaner, safer vehicles....More

Sales jumped 30.4% from 2012 to 2014 under Luca Napolitano as the Fiat subsidiary’s Fiat, Fiat Professional, Lancia, Jeep and Alfa Romeo brands registered more than 36,000 units and outperformed the market an average 12%....More

Fiat Chrysler, which already has reached a deal with Guangzhou Automobile to manufacture Jeep-brand SUVs for the Chinese market, says the automakers now will collaborate on product planning, aftersales, marketing and sales....More

(Corrects to show that 80 pct of Ferrari shares will be
distributed among FCA shareholders)
MILAN, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Fiat Chrysler
said on Wednesday it would spin off luxury carmaker Ferrari and
list a 10 percent stake on the market as it seeks to raise
funding for its ambitious 48-billion euro ($61 billion) growth
plan....More

Without solid backing on Wall Street, FCA may have trouble securing favorable credit for the estimated €50 billion needed to reach aggressive volume targets set last May for the Chrysler, Jeep and Alfa Romeo brands....More

CEO Sergio Marchionne says Fiat Chrysler Automobiles shareholders will vote "at the start of August" on the merger, which if approved would clear the way for him to list the automaker in New York before year-end....More

A lot of the heavy brand lifting will have to come from Chrysler’s marketing team and agencies. For Chrysler to be successful in the core of the mainstream market it will need to create a meaningfully different brand persona....More

The knowledge gap already could be affecting sales of advanced-technology vehicles, which last year accounted for 3.5% of the nearly 17 million cars and trucks sold in the U.S., according to WardsAuto data....More

“Logically, Cadillac is not disconnected from GM,” the longtime luxury executive says. “The way we want to organize the business in the future is that Cadillac will own the entire process, all the things that touch Cadillac.”...More